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Antinomie sociální paměti
Antinomies of Social Memory

Author(s): Jiří Šubrt
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: social memory; collective memory; individual memory; antinomies; myth; science

Summary/Abstract: Antinomies of Social Memory. Theoretical thinking in the humanities and social sciences is formed by opinions often based on very different starting points. As a result, there are certain recurrent theoretical problems, which appear to us as antinomies, dilemmas and paradoxes. The study of social memory shows that even in these areas there are many conflicting opinions. This article outlines ten antinomies characterised by the following terms: individual memory and collective memory, spirit and matter, saving and deleting, irrevocable and revocable history, spontaneous and purposeful memory, myth and science, rationality and irrationality, liberating and traumatic memory, connecting and dividing memory, enlightenment and incorrigibility. Sociológia 2011, Vol. 43 (No. 2: 133-157)

  • Issue Year: 43/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 133-157
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Czech